Ken Xie Fortinet CEO Rating
Where This Score Ranks Fortinet's CEO Rating
- TOP5%
In the Top 5% of 2126 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
- TOP10%
In the Top 10% of 932 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
- 2nd
2nd place versus 4 competitors rated on Comparably
Fortinet CEO Ken Xie Bio
Mr. Ken Xie founded Fortinet Inc., and has been its Chief Executive Officer and Director since October 2000. Mr. Xie serves as an Advisor at WI Harper Group. He is a Strategic Advisor at Trident Capital Cybersecurity. He served as President at Fortinet Inc, from October 2000 to November 11, 2013. He founded NetScreen and Stanford Infosystems International, Inc and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as a Managing Partner of Jedi Venture. He served as Lead Security Architect of Healtheon Corporation (now WebMD) and Philips. He started his first company SIS in 1993. He has over 15 years of technical and management experience in the networking and security industries. Mr. Xie serves as the Chairman of Fortinet Inc. He has been an Independent Director of TeleNav, Inc. since July 2012. He serves as a Board Member of HuaYuan Science and Technologies Association. In 2006, he was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and Time Magazine and Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. He was also recognized as a Top 5 Entrepreneur by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2005, top 25 Chinese-Americans in Business by Forbes in 2010, and Father of UTM in an InfoSecurity cover story in 2011. He is also a state registered Professional Engineer in Electrical and hold certificates of Advanced Project Management, Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Stanford University. Mr. Xie holds a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in China and an M.S. and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Fortinet CEO Ken Xie At a Glance
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Fortinet.
Based on 201 ratings, Ken Xie ranks right below Juniper Networks' CEO, Rami Rahim.
Fortinet's CEO is highly regarded by employees with Entry Level experience, the Engineering department, and the Sales department. However, the Business Development department, Caucasian employees, and Female employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
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Fortinet's CEO Rating Rank Against Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
Fortinet ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for CEO Rating Score.
Fortinet's CEO Rating Rank Against Other Companies Nearby
Fortinet ranks in the Top 10% of other companies in San Francisco for CEO Rating Score.
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